Midwest Food Bank was a big hero Monday when representatives including Executive Director Will Garner (pictured with box) brought a truckload of food and household supplies to help stock the new food storage facility at Christian City's The Children's Village on Monday. (Photo by Larry Regier/Christian City)
Sarah Booth and Marlond Fyffe helped stock the shelves inside the new food storage facility at Christian City’s The Children’s Village on Monday. (Photo by Larry Regier/Christian City)
Georgia Power employees commemorated Martin Luther King, Jr. Day by volunteering their time to do landscaping at Christian City’s The Children’s Village on Monday. (Photo by Larry Regier/Christian City)
Xavier Souder and Maria Houser were two of many who volunteered at Christian City’s The Children’s Village representing Georgia Power on Monday. (Photo by Larry Regier/Christian City)
Kenny Rogers worked hard Monday representing Georgia Power at Christian City’s The Children’s Village on Monday. (Photo by Larry Regier/Christian City)
Midwest Food Bank was a big hero Monday when representatives including Executive Director Will Garner (pictured with box) brought a truckload of food and household supplies to help stock the new food storage facility at Christian City’s The Children’s Village on Monday. (Photo by Larry Regier/Christian City)
Eighth-graders from Woodstock City Church pitched in with landscaping Monday at Christian City’s The Children’s Village on Monday. (Photo by Larry Regier/Christian City)
Eighth-graders from Woodstock City Church pitched in with landscaping Monday at Christian City’s The Children’s Village on Monday. (Photo by Larry Regier/Christian City)
Eighth-graders from Woodstock City Church pitched in with landscaping Monday at Christian City’s The Children’s Village on Monday. (Photo by Larry Regier/Christian City)
In recent years, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day has become known as “A day on, not a day off,” encouraging people to spend the day volunteering in the community.
The Children’s Village at Christian City felt the love Monday as many volunteers showed up to do landscaping work and to stock the ministry’s new food storage facility.
The Children’s Village is a safe haven for children who have been abused, neglected, and abandoned, providing short-term and long-term accommodation and care for children between five and 17 years of age. Children are placed into “cottages” with up to seven other (more…)
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